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The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket toned, tattered, waterstained and soiled, endpapers and boards foxed.
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company. Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket toned, tattered, waterstained and soiled, endpapers and boards foxed.. 1958. Facsimile. Hardcover. A facsimile reprint of the William Morris magnum opus, the Kelmscott Chaucer, with the 87 illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. Introduction by John T. Winterich. Glossary for the modern reader. Off-white embossed cloth. The Kelmscott Chaucer was originally published in 1896, in a limited edition. This facsimile reproduces all the original illustrations, text, borders, and decorations in a slightly smaller size. xx, 554pp. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41460
- Title
- The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer
- Author
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket toned, tattered, waterstained and soiled, endpapers and boards foxed.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Publisher
- World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHAUCER, Kelmscott Chaucer, William Morris, Illustrated Books
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Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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